Ingalio of Mars
Seventeenth Century
Agate, Diamonds, Silver Gilt, Pearls, Emeralds
The Royal Collection
Seventeenth Century
Agate, Diamonds, Silver Gilt, Pearls, Emeralds
The Royal Collection
First recorded in the Royal Collection—when found amongst a drawer-full of jewels at Windsor Castle—this intaglio of gray agate set in a lacey mount of silver-gilt, rose-cut diamonds, pearls and emeralds dates to the Seventeenth Century.
The intaglio shows a head of a bearded warrior (probably Mars)—depicted in profile to the left. He wears a necklace and a helmet which is adorned with a horse-drawn chariot. Another figure is also depicted—to the right of the profile. There, we see a small, full-length female figure who holds aloft a flowing piece of drapery.
The intaglio shows a head of a bearded warrior (probably Mars)—depicted in profile to the left. He wears a necklace and a helmet which is adorned with a horse-drawn chariot. Another figure is also depicted—to the right of the profile. There, we see a small, full-length female figure who holds aloft a flowing piece of drapery.
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